ALL BUT ABANDONED - 1980s GLASS MALL -Galleria at Erieview in Cleveland, Ohio

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This place was never very name brand. It was always a lot of familyowned stuff, which was really cool. I think there might have been a FYE [Music] here. Yeah, I've always felt that this mall was just so beautiful. iPad. The last time I was here had to be 09 at the latest. Isn't it different? Looks like a greenhouse. Well, here are some stores that are open, but they're just not open today. The bookstore. Hopefully, that's better than the bookstore in Niles. If you guys haven't seen my video on the mall shops where I got kicked out of a bookstore that uh sucks, go check that out. I will link it below. This place is um in operation but just not today view news stand. There are plans to redevelop this place. This is for the Hungarian Museum. There are plans to develop it into a more modern basically version of what it is. And I think I agree with those plans. I mean, it can't sit here like this forever. You know, nobody's going to want to do business here. So they kind of have to redevelop it. Just one of the more unique places. If you go to the airport, you'll see a bunch of painted guitars. I think it's not just the airport, but all over Cleveland has painted guitars. So This seating area I think is all for the bookstore. Look at this restaurant. Looks very classic. I don't know what it was. Oh, there's a downstairs. This is the walled off actually curtained off section. Look at this decoration up here. They're like glitter. That is gorgeous. Look how dead this is. All you can really do is admire. Oh, looks like there's some stairs going up. This is the more grand entrance here. Uh, I don't know if it's going to let me go through this way. Oh, look. They blocked this off of the plant. Oh my goodness. Look at the way they are blocking this off. So, yeah, there is definitely a cooler looking outside entrance here, but you can't uh I mean, I'd have to go back outside to go see it. It's not going to close on this. No. Here, make sure you can't get out that way. No. No. Oh, but there is a rug galleria and tower at iconic. I can't wait to see what this footage looks like. This is This is amazing. Restrooms closed. See, this is sad cuz look how dirty this place. I don't remember if I said this already, but they opened in 1987 and look how gorgeous it is. But then just the way that the floor is in some disrepair. Wow. Oh wow. This looks like so it is. Got a bucket. See if I can go upstairs. Look at these old trash cans. Just how they're falling into disrepair. Wow. Yes. Oh my gosh. This is where I used to eat at the food court. Yeah, there was a zabaro up here. Look how pretty this is that they closed this off. Oh my goodness. See here, you feel like you're in an abandoned mall. the court. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Look at this. Oh, man. That's sad. Oh, I thought that glass was broken. Look at this glass. It's just artsy. What is that in there? Wow. That is What is this? Is someone up here? Oh. Oh my goodness. Yeah, this looks like it was uh some kind of restaurant. I don't know what though. Where was the upstairs food court? Saucelo. Just this is such a This place is so creative looking. There was an upstairs food court. I know there was cuz that's where we ate This is an office of some kind. So, another fun fact about this mall is there was never an anchor here, unless you count the office tower building. There was supposed to be an anchor store here, but they never were able to secure a tenant. They wanted a department store, but it just never happens. It was always just bunch of little shops. But I always thought it was really cool the way that it was just random familyrun shops. That's the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. This would have been a cool place to have an office. I think abandoned offices are my new kind of favorite abandoned thing. Now I'm stumped cuz I'm thinking that I misremembered. I swear the food court was on the second floor. Or I mean at least there was food court spaces on the second floor. Oh, that's the Y. The Y is in operation. Dollar Bank. Oh my goodness. I love this place. This awesome. Would you call this a chandelier? or a sculpture. That is just epic to me. What is it made out of? [Music] I don't know. Was that a restaurant? This looks very vintage here. What are those pictures of? H [Music] Ferguson's cut glass. Wow. cuz that did belong to the food court. Guys, am I crazy? I think the sabara was up here, but it got replaced with this purple restaurant over here. Cuz I you know what? I do remember this. I remember this station right here. And to wearing the elevator, is this elevator trustworthy? I can't go down. Okay, we're going to go down again. [Music] Everyone subscribed to Manny Quackow. This guy was doing the retail thing long before I was, long before a lot of people were. He's an OG. He hits the pavement running. This guy gets it done and he's a big inspiration. Thank you. Very positive. Okay, now we need to know what took us to where this is weird. So the court, I mean the food court was on one and two. Yeah. Okay. So, that's that's Yeah. There's the gallery logo. This parking deck is way nicer than the University Square one. Walkway to one Cleveland Center. Wonder if that place is probably not. It's like advertising a place to eat in the galleria. I doubt it's there. pedestrian walkway to Okay. Well, we can't get there. What? What is this area? These are real. Oh, I wonder if this is open. Of course not. Galleria at Erie View. You're going to get an F for these restrooms because they're not open. I think there might be some open somewhere else, but these restrooms get an F. The ones at the parking garage Okay. So the Oh, okay. So you just come. This is the parking deck. Uh entrance. See what this leads to. Well, that lady was hiding because the door. Oh, you can. This place is awesome. Oh, wow. I've never seen this part of it. I've never been to this part at the galleria at Erie View. I think this is how you get into the office towers cuz they have all these elevators. Freight elevator. Is that bubbles in there? Ooh. Oh, it smells like a food court. It smells like like grease or something. Wow. That is a That is so cool. It has like I don't know how to describe it's like a it's not a bad smell. It's just it smells like a food court, but it doesn't smell like stale. I mean, maybe a little stale, but it's not in a bad way. Yeah. Look. Look at this. I mean, look at that. The outside of this place looks really awesome. And I was trying to find the cool entrance on the outside had like an arched uh like an arch over it because they blocked off a lot of the entrances. So I'm trying to find it by walking around. So we'll see if we can find anything. Yeah, this was it. This is it right here. the arched entrance. See? Oh, the winking lizard used to be here. See the winking lizard, but they moved like I think right down the road. Oh, I remember this outside part, too. Yeah. Oh my goodness. There is no food in there. There is no food in there. Look at this. I love that sign. Look at that. [Music] [Music] That's the tower it's connected to. All right, guys, and that will complete my tour of the Galleria at Erie View. Hope you guys enjoyed it. This place is very special to me, and it's such a unique place and one of the better places I've filmed so far. So, yeah, I'll catch you guys on the next video.